Accompanied by Lord Kingsdown, the Queen meets the then Mayor of Rochester, Cllr Ann Marsh, on her visit to Chatham in 1994
Delighting the crowds in Rochester in October 1984
The Queen inspects Hurricane on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway in March 1957. Prince Philip chats to the driver and Prince Charles can be seen in with the driver
The Queen on a visit to Maidstone in March 1981 to mark the International Year of the Disabled
The Queen visiting soldiers from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Shorncliffe Barracks, Folkestone, in 1994
Thousands of well-wishers gathered in Canterbury in July 1946 to see the then Princess Elizabeth, and the King and Queen, arrive for a service of thanksgiving for the preservation of the cathedral during the Second World War
The Queen has made many memorable visits to the Garden of England down the decades. We recall in pictures some of the magic moments as she celebrates her 80th birthday.